Have you ever totally "lost" a car, without it being stolen ?

Reid

I've come close, after having parked a car in a new town and gone for a leisurely walk. I had *no* idea even what street I'd parked on, and I wandered for about an hour before I finally found it. I was so embarassed...but who do you even call about that? Will the police help you find it? How much will they laugh at an able-bodied, sound-minded 25-year-old man who's "lost" something as large and expensive as a car?

Anyway, that just served to remind me that I have no natural sense of direction and I must consciously, carefully take note of my surroundings. A while after that incident I purchased an iPhone, and now I'll mark my location with GPS when I'm parking somewhere unfamiliar. Then I can get directions back no matter where I end up. Lifesaver!

landie_man88

Twice! Once i went shopping after buying a new car. Came out of the supermarket without thinking and couldn't find it...my old one.
The second time was when i went to Birmingham Airport to fly out to Dublin. I parked in the long term carpark and after walking for a minute realised i'd better take a note of where i had parked. I flew to Dublin and then came back. Remembered the carpark i'd parked in, and then couldn't find my car. I'd forgotten i'd walked for a minute before making a note. After wandering around for ten minutes i spotted a security guard coming towards me. Thinking he might be suspicious of my intentions, i went straight to him and asked if he had seen a mint condition MK2 Ford Escort RS 2000 in Nordic Blue? He had. That was good. For a while i was beginning to think it had been stolen. Another twenty minutes later he spotted it. I gotta say that thinking it had been stolen was not nice.

susie x â™¥â™¥â™¥

I have forgotten where I parked it many times...getting frantic thinking it has been stolen only to find it on the floor below at the shopping centre is a particular pastime with me !

blue_eyesandy10

yes i have in meadowhall car park in sheffield . i live only 20 mins from meadowhall by car . last time i was in meadowhall was just before xmas me and wife went on bus

Matt

I tend to leave my car at the same spot in our local Tesco's car park, it's huge, but I always know where it is. Until the time comes when I've parked it elsewhere because there's nowhere to park in my usual area, and if I'm not concentrating at the time, that's when I lose it. I've only done it about twice but each time I'm wondering around for ages feeling like a right tw@t!

calipink22

Hahaha... no I haven't done that yet. But this question and answers is great! Love it

Patrick Â©

No, as I don't currently own a car.

Perhaps you should just stick to boats Bob?

lucy

Yes in London you just have to park where you can and sometimes its ages before you need the car again and it can be streets away. Also when the Mall first opened,so many were losing their cars they actually had a van driving around to help locate them ! One of our cars was actually stolen from a car park after running up and down all levels looking and thinking myself crazy, I asked the man at the booth who said he thought it might be stolen so he took the number !

insert name here

not really but my step mum managed to get into someone elses car once with her car key which was strange. and i used to own a very small car and people with landrovers etc would park next to it so i couldnt see it and i'd spend ages wandering around looking for it!

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